The news is good for the people of Oregon’s First Congressional District. In the race to fell the seat vacated by former Rep. David Wu, endorsements for Suzanne Bonamici (D) are pouring in, and she has opened a wide margin in the polls over faux-moderate Rob Cornilles (R), as this article by Kari Chisolm demonstrates.
Suzanne Bonamici announced a big suite of endorsements from public safety types – a bunch of county DAs, local firefighters unions, and former AGs.
Not a lot of surprises there, except one: former attorney general (and UO president) Dave Frohnmayer.
After all, Frohnmayer was the last Republican elected attorney general – and a Republican candidate for Governor in 1990.
This year, Rob Cornilles has been desperately trying to convince Oregonians that he’s a nice, moderate Republican in the mold of Gordon Smith and, well, Dave Frohnmayer. But, of course, Cornilles previously bragged that he was “the original Tea Party candidate”.
Frohnmayer’s endorsement of Bonamici is big. It should put a freeze the ongoing attempts by Cornilles to fundraise from those moderate business types that vote Republican but don’t much like the Tea Party and the right-wing social conservatives.
Update: Also today, a new SurveyUSA poll shows Bonamici with a 50-39 lead over Cornilles (2% each for the Libertarian and OPP candidates, and just 7% undecided)… [emphasis added]
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Here is one of Suzanne’s ads.
In my opinion, Kari was too generous to Gordon Smith. While it’s true that Gordon did cast an occasional progressive vote, he only did so in circumstances in which his vote made no difference, where the issue was already decided. Whenever his vote mattered, he always followed orders and obeyed the party line,
We can expect no better from Cornilles. He is anti-choice, anti-labor and pro millionaire. Here is the real Rob Cornilles.
If elected, we can be certain that Cornilles will goose-step in lock-step with other Republican extremists, such as Eric Cantor and Paul Ryan, against the interests of 99% of Oregonians.
That is why Suzanne Bonamici is the only sane choice for Oregonians on January 31st!
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From the article — “. . . This year, Rob Cornilles has been desperately trying to convince Oregonians that he’s a nice, moderate Republican in the mold of Gordon Smith and, well, Dave Frohnmayer. . . .”
A moderate Republican/Teabagger? That’s an oxymoron! Once in office, he would be forced to goose-step to the parrty line and it sounds as if a majority of Oregonians understand this, as evidenced by the 50-39 lead in the poll that Bonamici holds.
And for a former Republican State Attorney General to endorse Bonamici, a Democrat, says a lot for her.
Go Bonamici! Vote Democrat!
Lynn, it wont take any force at all to get Cornilles to goose step.
Frohnmayer is an old-time moderate-progressive Republican, not extinct in the party. I voted for him once,
GO BONAMICI! KEEP OREGON PROGRESSIVE!
Agree!
I’m pleased to know that Oregonians have sense to think about their votes.
Not all of us, but Oregonians are slightly more politically aware then most of the nation.
There is hope yet
Amen to that!